thill

== English == === Alternative forms === fill (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English thille, thylle, from Old English þille (“board; floorboard; plank; stake; pole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þilljā, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“board; floorboard; deck”), from Proto-Indo-European *tel- (“plank; board”). Cognate with Dutch deel, German Low German Deel (> English deal (“plank”)), German Diele, Swedish tilja, Icelandic þilja. Akin to English theal (“board; plank”). Doublet of deal (etymology 3). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /θɪl/ Rhymes: -ɪl === Noun === thill (plural thills) One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft. (mining) The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:thill. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === illth == Middle English == === Noun === thill alternative form of thylle == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hiːʎ/ (Lewis) IPA(key): /heiʎ/, /hɤiʎ/, [he̠iʎ] === Verb === thill past of till === References ===